It had a staff of 20 workers in the early 1950s and that included a manager, deputy manager, sales assistants and shoe repair workers ... s also had a foot X-ray machine where customers could ...

For 25 years, Chris Donovan worked in telephone repair before making the shift to women's shoes. His designs have won fans like Tim Gunn and Tamron Hall. We revisit Tiziana Dearing's conversation with ...